NCAA & Institutional Eligibility

Be advised that under no circumstances is any student-athlete permitted to drop or WX (official withdraw) a course or credits that would place him/her below the twelve (12) credit minimum without previous approval from the academic advisor. Such action without approval renders the student-athlete immediately ineligible to practice or compete for any intercollegiate team.

Full-Time Status

A student-athlete must be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester. Villanova has a computer program in place to flag any student-athlete who might personally withdraw from a course without consulting his/her academic advisor.

Satisfactory Progress

In order to maintain eligibility, a student-athlete must have successfully:

Completed twenty-four (24) credit hours prior to the start of the student-athlete's second year of collegiate enrollment.

About Villanova

Villanova University was founded in 1842 by the Order of St. Augustine. To this day, Villanova’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition is the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University’s six colleges.